DD just woke up after sleeping 10 freaking hours! But considering it's 545am (she woke up at 530, changed her diaper and am nursing her now) I'm afraid she's going to be up for the day. I reswaddled her and we are in the nursery with white noise still going, so maybe I can trick her into another hour or more of sleep.
Unfortunately, I was up from about 1245-2am with a horrible cough and tossing and turing. I gave up and slept on the couch so I could be more upright and got a but more sleep, but nothing really solid or restful.
We had plans tonight with friends we haven't seen in a while and DH has a man cold and is insisting we cancel. I should be more compassionate but mostly I'm annoyed.
We have family pictures on sunday at 4. DS was invited to 2 birthday parties that day - noon and 2pm. I think I am going to decline both because I want him to have a good nap before the pictures. that's pretty terrible isn't it?
I bought a 10 lb bag of apples yesterday because it was on sale for $3.99. Got home, realized: "what was I thinking??" and immediately processed them, threw them into the crockpot, and now have lover a gallon of applesauce to use up.
DD got an activity tray yesterday and this morning she wanted that and her tablet. Since it's a work day we couldn't just stay home and do it on the couch so I brought it in the car with her. She was so excited! I should probably feel guilty she played with her tablet the whole way to daycare, but I don't!
I just bombed my work health insurance health screening. For some reason my LDL didn't calculate and it was showing my total cholesterol as 400, which is sort of insane. And then my BMI is obviously ridiculous at 8 months pregnant. I'm working on the assumption that my benefits person will do whatever she needs to do to ensure that I still get the health insurance discount, considering that it's sort of hard to use some of the factors they use at this point.
I have my internal job interview for a promotion in two hours. I practiced all the way to work and feel relatively confident. I just want it to be over. After the interview the women in my department are throwing me a baby shower and I get free lunch at one of my favorite restaurants around work. Woot!
I just spent a half hour looking up thanksgiving recipes. I LOVE THANKSGIVING!!! So much food. It's just going to be us and my parents and I don't even care. I want to make SO MUCH FOOD.
This year is just us (my parents are traveling) and I'm still making ALL THE FOOD.
Ugh @mrsbecky I haaaate husband ineptitude. It's like they do shit wrong on purpose so they can throw up their hands and say "you do it!" OMG NO, get your shit together!
I just bombed my work health insurance health screening. For some reason my LDL didn't calculate and it was showing my total cholesterol as 400, which is sort of insane. And then my BMI is obviously ridiculous at 8 months pregnant. I'm working on the assumption that my benefits person will do whatever she needs to do to ensure that I still get the health insurance discount, considering that it's sort of hard to use some of the factors they use at this point.
I have my internal job interview for a promotion in two hours. I practiced all the way to work and feel relatively confident. I just want it to be over. After the interview the women in my department are throwing me a baby shower and I get free lunch at one of my favorite restaurants around work. Woot!
We got life insurance while I was pregnant and my cholesterol was also insane because well, it's needed while gestating . They checked the pregnancy box and I still got the best rates so fx your benefits also use their brain.
DD had one of her worst sleeping nights that I can recall. She was up every 2 hours and refusing to sleep in her crib. I think it's her canines. Or at least I hope that's what it is. Let's also hope she takes a super long nap today as a result of little sleep last night.
Post by chickens987 on Nov 13, 2015 9:21:10 GMT -5
I love days off. I wish I could work part time forever.
I am cleaning the house right now and then am going to head out to check out the new TJ Maxx that just opened Wednesday in my neighborhood. Exciting stuff! I also have to buy a baby present - there's a baby shower Monday for the person whose leave I'm covering. I feel weird showing up empty handed and I missed the donation deadline since it was before I started so I'm buying cute baby clothes from H&M.
There are two homes on my tiny dead end street being demolished and rebuilt. I am starting to get so annoyed that every single time I leave my house I have to yell for one of the workers to move a car or truck. They park construction vehicles on one side of the street and their personal vehicles on the other. The street cannot accomodate cars parked on both sides let alone a huge truck. It's so annoying!
I know part of why I am so annoyed is because I hate that every house in this town is being purchased by developers, torn down, and rebuilt into a massive 2 or 3 family home. I get that it's about profit and if you can sell a 3 family home with each unit going for 700k or 800k you will obviously do it, but I hate it.
I went to bed with Ethan last night because yawn. I see this morning that DH gave Ben a bath and I think "oh nice, he never gives Ben a bath of his own volition." I later find out that Ben used needing a bath as a stall tactic to put off bedtime. Smart kid. At least he's clean.
And this news is 5 days late but we finally checked out the Unitarian church. It was really cool. Free childcare!
Wtf DH's paycheck was $439 LESS than usual! We were expecting a slight reduction since ds2 was added to the insurance but not this much! DH thinks they took out 2 months worth of premiums and just didn't notify him. This means we pay $876 for insurance for a family of 4 come on america!
DD is home sick from school -- fever and stomachache (though fever seems to have broken already). She's way better than yesterday, so now we've reached the stage of milking it so she can lie around and watch movies all day. So, we have a big day of nothing planned ... I need to get a lot done around the house and pack for our upcoming trip to FL, so it's a good day for this to happen, if there is such a thing.
I'm entering a photography competition tonight. It's local so I don't think it should be too bad. I just got my prints and love them but am nitpicking the problems and don't want to enter them. I'm going to do it anyway because I hate putting myself out there and this is one of my classic tactics to not have to do it. Wish me luck. Or at least hope I'm not last. That's always my goal. Don't be last.
How do I get my newborn to sleep more than 2 hours at a time? I suspect it's reflux related since he always has a better stretch after a new dose. Last week the pedi doubled his dose and it still seems to wear off in less than 12 hours.
DH is starting to get hints that he'll be made Principal at his firm sooner than later. We shall see. I'm picking up MIL with the kids and we are spending the day together. I don't mind but now I'm regretting telling her we are picking her up at 9am. I'm feeling lazy. I know once we go, we'll be busy until probably 8pm tonight because I promised a bunch of stuff.
OMG, I hate interviewing. I have an hour to go and I'm getting more and more nervous by the minute. I hate the unknown! I know that I can talk about and sell my abilities, but hate not knowing what the questions will be!
My work BFF just got called in for her interview and I'm next. Ahh!
Also, this morning my toddler was really amazed by the fact that I was wearing high heels to work (clearly a rarity). He literally said, "Woah Mommy!" and pointed to my shoes on my feet. Haha.
Wtf DH's paycheck was $439 LESS than usual! We were expecting a slight reduction since ds2 was added to the insurance but not this much! DH thinks they took out 2 months worth of premiums and just didn't notify him. This means we pay $876 for insurance for a family of 4 come on america!
Ours is that atrocious too. H is free, but adding DD and I to the plan is $932/mo!
H, my sister and BIL are all coming to my parents house for the weekend! They'll arrive in the late afternoon. I'm so excited. I told H he's in charge of all bed times and wake ups over the weekend. Then I have only 10 days of solo parenting left!